Senior Construction Contracts Specialist

**Senior Construction Contracts Specialist** **Report to:** Procurement Manager **Department:** Procurement **Location:** Santa Cruz Project, located in Santa Cruz, AZ **About Ivanhoe Electric Inc.** We are a United States-domiciled minerals exploration company with a focus on developing mines from mineral deposits principally located in the United States. We seek to support American supply chain independence by finding and delivering copper and other critical metals vital to advanced manufacturing, infrastructure development, technology, and national security. We use our powerful Typhoon™ geophysical surveying system, together with advanced data analytics provided by our 94.3%-owned subsidiary, Computational Geosciences Inc. (“CGI”), to accelerate and de-risk the mineral exploration process as we seek to discover new deposits of critical metals that may otherwise be undetectable using traditional exploration technologies. We believe the United States is significantly underexplored and has the potential to yield major new discoveries of critical metals. Our mineral exploration efforts focus on copper and other metals, including nickel, cobalt, platinum group elements, gold, and silver. By advancing our portfolio of critical metals exploration projects, headlined by the Santa Cruz Copper Project in Arizona, we intend to contribute to domestic supply by developing resources that support industrial and strategic sectors. We also operate a 50/50 joint venture with Saudi Arabian Mining Company ("Maaden") to explore for minerals on ~48,500 km2 of underexplored Arabian Shield in Saudi Arabia. Finally, in 2024, we established an exploration alliance with BHP Mineral Resources Inc. (“BHP”), a subsidiary of BHP Group Limited, to search for critical minerals in the United States. **Summary of Primary Functions** Ivanhoe Electric is advancing the Santa Cruz Copper Project into the execution phase through an Integrated Project Execution Team. As a Senior Construction Contracts Specialist, you will be responsible for driving the end-to-end RFP process and leading contract formation activities—from sourcing strategy through proposal, commercial evaluation, negotiation, and award. You will provide comprehensive expertise in contract management throughout the project lifecycle. This includes tasks such as contract formation, negotiation, administration, performance monitoring, and close-out, all aimed at ensuring contractual compliance and effective risk management. **Role Purpose** Reporting into the Procurement Manager, the role is responsible for driving the consistent application of contracting standards and commercial controls across engineering, procurement, construction, and operations. This alignment is crucial for safeguarding project interests while optimizing value, and it must adhere to the project's schedule, scope, cost, quality, risk, and compliance requirements. The Senior Construction Contracts Specialist works closely with our construction teams across engineering, procurement, construction, finance, and legal, as well as external contractors and suppliers. The objective is to ensure that all contracts are well-structured, properly administered, and enforced throughout the project's duration, ultimately supporting successful commercial outcomes for the Santa Cruz Copper Project. **Duties and Responsibilities:** **Health & Safety** Embody and promote the ‘Zero Harm’ values of Ivanhoe Electric. - Be a role model that promotes Ivanhoe Electric’s business culture that contributes positively to the program goals by implementation of the right balance for our teams, stakeholders, and community. - Provide planning & scheduling leadership to 2 project planners, responsible for their respective projects. **Contract Development & Negotiation** - Support the development of contracting strategies and processes to improve process flow and visibility. - Work with the Leadership team to define and implement contracting and procurement stra…